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the Philadelphia Cultural Fund awards grants to hundreds of arts & culture programs each year—reaching all corners of this city we love.

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The Cultural Fund promotes arts and culture as engines of social, educational and economic development in the Philadelphia region.

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The Philadelphia Cultural Fund is how the City of Philadelphia has funded the arts since 1994.

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Each year, PCF provides operating support to Philadelphia-based arts and culture organizations. These grants are made from an allocation to PCF from the City budget.

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The grants support organizations dedicated to the creation, education, preservation, exhibition, and presentation of a variety of arts and culture disciplines.

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PCF is committed to removing barriers to grant applications, especially for small, community-based arts organizations that are traditionally considered ineligible for funding support.

2024 PCF
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“… the Philadelphia Cultural Fund — a respected, equitably distributed, nearly three-decades-old resource that supports hundreds of cultural nonprofits every year —…”

-Philadelphia Inquirer

2024 Grant Winners

Friends of the Rail Park

AWARDED:

$17,307

5 Shorts Project

AWARDED:

$10,505

Wildflower Composers

AWARDED:

$9,527

Putty Dance Project

AWARDED:

$3,755

Friends of Laurel Hill & West Laurel Hill Cemeteries

AWARDED:

$18,221

The Center for Emerging Visual Artists

AWARDED:

$17,307

Leonard Pearlstein Gallery

AWARDED:

$16,574

Girls Rock Philly

AWARDED:

$16,574

Painted Bride Art Center

AWARDED:

$18,371

Usiloquy Dance Designs

AWARDED:

$12,691

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the Philadelphia Cultural Fund awards grants to hundreds of arts & culture programs each year—reaching all corners of this city we love.

Arts &

Culture Grants

Events & News

Grantee Directory

SHOP PCF MERCH

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2024 PCFREBRAND

“… the Philadelphia Cultural Fund — a respected, equitably distributed, nearly three-decades-old resource that supports hundreds of cultural nonprofits every year —…”

-Philadelphia Inquirer

2024 Grant Winners

Friends of the Rail Park

5 Shorts Project

Wildflower Composers

Putty Dance Project

Friends of Laurel Hill & West Laurel Hill Cemeteries

The Center for Emerging Visual Artists

Leonard Pearlstein Gallery

Girls Rock Philly

Painted Bride Art Center

Usiloquy Dance Designs

COMMUNITYCALENDAR

Independence Seaport Museum - Winter on the Waterfront

The Stagecrafters Theater -The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa FastHorse

Museum for Art in Wood - Family Craft Table

Philadelphia's Magic Gardens - Watkins Street Studio Behind the Scenes Tour

Philadelphia's Magic Gardens - Family-Friendly Beginner Mosaic Workshop

Bowerbird: Chamber Music of George Walker

Wagner Free Institute of Science - November First Saturday: Bounce, Bend or Break: the Science of Flexibility

Da Vinci Art Alliance - Finding Healing In The Remnants

Da Vinci Art Alliance - Sweet and Spooky Spectacular

Singing City: Democracy in Song–A Choral Conversation

Philadelphia's Magic Gardens - Day of the Dead Sugar Skull Workshops

The Naked Stark: Meet The Naked Stark

Independence Seaport Museum - Seaport Spooky Saturday

National Liberty Museum - ‘Free Speech: Our Right, Our Responsibility’ Community Open House

Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture - Film Screening: Bye Bye Tiberias

Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse: Barely Scary Halloween

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Cull, Cut, Craft: The Legacy and Practice of Collage

The Stagecrafters Theater - Dr. Magic’s Halloween Mystery Revue

Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion - Bram Stoker's Dracula

Philadelphia's Magic Gardens - October Twilight in the Gardens

Institute of Contemporary Art - [untitled] Film Series: The Green Ray with Joanna Piotrowska

Fire Museum Presents: Loboko (Guitar music from Congo)

The Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA) - Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST) 2024

iMPeRFeCT Gallery - Live Art Making Festival

Bowerbird: Exploratorium: Compositions of Gene Coleman

The Print Center - 50 Years of Philadelphia Women Arts Leaders

Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture - Finding Your Voice: Writing Workshop & Reading

Fire Museum Presents: Universal Light (Mike Gangloff, Jesse Sheppard & Kaily Schenker), Son of Buzzi + Elizabeth LaPrelle

Philadelphia Scenic Works - Project and Production Management Virtual Workshop

Independence Seaport Museum - Perils of the Deep

Da Vinci Art Alliance: DAY JOBS + QUEER UTOPIAS

Da Vinci Art Alliance - Unhoused & Unseen: Our "Invisible" Neighbors

2024 Grantee Data

PCF Awarded $3,599,494 to 262 Art & Culture Grantees

IN THENEWS

2023 Annual Report

Philadelphia Cultural Fund Awards $3,178,986

Gabriela Sanchez Announced as PCF Director

Philadelphia Cultural Fund Awards $3,267,407

Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Philadelphia City Countil to Invest Over $3 Million In Local Arts Communty

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